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Dry eyes, dry mouth & dormant limbs - A case series

Published:2023-07-15 Issue:2 Volume:9 Page:105-107
ISSN:2581-8236
Container-title:IP Indian Journal of Neurosciences
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Author:

Nair Poornima¹,Sivakumar K²

Affiliation:

1. Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

2. Government Medical College, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Hypokalemic paralysis is a rare complication of distal renal tubular acidosis from any cause. Those cases diagnosed to have primary Sjogren’s syndrome is rare. Renal tubular acidosis caused by tubulointerstitial nephropathy is an extra glandular manifestation of primary Sjogren’s syndrome. We report three cases of flaccid quadriparesis diagnosed to have hypokalemia due to distal renal tubular acidosis and on furthur evaluation turned out to be Sjogren’s syndrome.

Publisher

IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd

Subject

General Medicine

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